Villers-sur-Mer (Cretaceous of France)

Where: Normandy, France (49.3° N, 0.0° W: paleocoordinates 38.1° N, 1.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• [In French]

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H.-A. Blain, G. Pennetier, and E. Pennetier. 2003. Présence du genre Platypterygius (Ichthyosauria, Reptilia) dans le Cénomanien inférieur de Villers-sur-Mer (Normandie, France). L’Echo des Falaises 7:35-49 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 142837: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Jonathan Tennant on 17.04.2013

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae
cf. Platypterygius sp. von Huene 1922 ichthyosaur
Premaxillary